Religious objects in museums : private lives and public duties /

Religious objects in museums : private lives and public duties / Crispin Paine.

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In the past, museums often changed the meaning of icons or statues of deities from sacred to aesthetic, or used them to declare the superiority of Western society, or simply as cultural and historical evidence. The last generation has seen faith groups demanding to control 'their' objects,...

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Main Author: Paine, Crispin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Berg Publishers, 2013.
Edition:English ed.
Subjects:
Museums > Religious aspects.
Museums > Social aspects.
Religious articles.
Museums > Curatorship.
Museum visitors.
Museum exhibits > Religious aspects.
Museum exhibits > Social aspects.
Religion and culture.

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